Sentenced To Marry Her Cook? Emperor Justinian II’s Bizarre Punishment Of A Rebel’s Wife

Yes, according to medieval chronicles, Emperor Justinian II of Constantinople (r. 685-695, 705-711) sentenced the wife of a rebel to marry her household cook....

A Summary Of 15th-Century Witchcraft Beliefs By Pope Innocent VIII

Pope Innocent VIII (r. 1484-1492) was Pope of the Roman Catholic Church when Jacob (or James) Sprenger and Heinrich (or Henry) Kramer began formulating...

Alexander Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton (c. 1755/1757-1804) "Men, upon too many occasions, do not give their own understandings fair play; but, yielding to some untoward bias, they entangle...

Moses In The Bullrushes, By Henry Ossawa Tanner (1859-1937)

This blue painting, by the American artist Henry Ossawa Tanner (1859-1937), re-creates a storied scene from the early life of Moses, the famous Hebrew...

Lord Shang (recorded by Sima Qian)

Lord Shang (c. 4th century BCE) "If you are going to act the part of a great man, you must expect the censure of the...

Xenophon

Xenophon (c. 420-350 BCE) "Lies and mistrust have made people so frightened of one another that, wanting to act before the others did, they have...

Sacrifice Of Iphigenia, By An Unknown 18th-Century Artist

This painting, by an unidentified 18th-century artist, re-creates a myth from an early part of the Trojan War saga. In terms of chronology, the...

The Dying Messalina And Her Mother, Painted By Nicolai Abildgaard (c. 1743 – 1809)

This painting, by the Danish artist Nicolai Abildgaard (c. 1743 – 1809), was inspired by the historical death of Messalina, a wife of Emperor...

Pliny The Younger’s Odd Purchase Of A Corinthian Bronze Statue

Pliny the Younger (c. 61/62-113), a wealthy Roman lawyer, bureaucrat, politician, and financial advisor, one day bought a certain bronze statue of a human...
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